(upbeat music) (saw buzzing) (sanding paper scratching) - [Eric] These signs were
the last thing needed to call the trail complete. (hammer thudding) (upbeat music) (hammer thudding) (gentle music) You may notice that
there's something wrong with my right hand. I managed to injure it while
riding a few weeks ago, but we'll get to that
story in a future video. For now, let's celebrate
the completion of the trail. And for that, let's ride
each feature one by one. But with that injury, I can't actually ride. Luckily, I have some friends that were
keen to test out the trail for the first time. Arriving on separate days, I invited four groups of two. The first two were Quinn and
his 12-year-old son, Will. The second group, no strangers to the channel, were Antoine and Isabel. David and his 14-year-old son, Gabe were our third to test their metal. And finally, YouTubers Nick and Jordan were the fourth group to come through. We would start on Chris and Bobby's trail, the section that leads into mine. While I've been working on my section, they've been diligently working on theirs. And at their entrance is
the very first feature. A North Shore style skinny
ladder bridge with a roll down. It's not too bad as a roll. - [Kid] Nice. - [Eric] And Nick even dropped it. And if you're not into
the height or width, it's all the same to just roll past. The second feature on the trail is similar in that you can roll it or drop it. The only difference, it's much bigger and it's
definitely one you want to look at before sending it. Now of course, Antoine wanted to drop it, but it had him puzzling
about how to do that exactly. - [Antoine] That's the,
it's not super wide, eh? - No. It's pretty narrow. (laughs) - But it's straight in the middle. - Yeah. - You know you have to go in the middle. - [Eric] Nick and Jordan
also pondered things. - I think probably not
too fast and just a hop. - Yeah. - Oh, that's snug. Actually I don't know. - I mean, the trees aren't even that wide - [Eric] Antoine gave it a try. - [Antoine] Ah just roll it. (laughter) Man, it's scary cause it's going up and then it's like you're
gonna go so far, yeah. - [Eric] But Antoine does
eventually convince himself. - Whoo. Oh it was a little deep, maybe. - [Yuka] Yeah and those heavy, I guess? - Yeah. I didn't expect to go that far. I was like, "When am I going to land?" - [Yuka] Nice! - It works really well. But yeah, I can see
people over shooting it. Whoo. - [Eric] Both Nick and Jordan
made it look easy as well. And the 14-year-old Gabe
surprised us by just sending it. - Woo. Holy crap! (nervously laughs) - That landing was actually pretty good. - Yeah, you hit it pretty, pretty fast. - Yeah.
- Very good. That's awesome. - [Eric] But remember that, Gabe's courage would get him
into trouble later in the ride. The next feature on the
trail is Chris's log drop. A long skinny bridge to a four-foot drop. - Okay. Then it gets pretty wide here. - Yuka had some advice
on how to do the drop. - Don't go too much right. - [Antoine] Clear? - [Eric] Of course Antoine skinny anxiety, played no part in his performance. - [Antoine] I love skinny, I
love skinny, I love skinny. - [Eric] The next feature
is probably the biggest on the whole trail, Chris's massive bridge. It's got its own
rollercoaster built into it. (soft music) Soon after we arrive
at Bobby's masterpiece, a wooden pump track that
he built to traverse a boggy area. (soft music) After those two beautiful features, we arrived at one which makes
clever use of a fallen tree. This is where things get tricky again. The easy way is to just go straight over. But if you turn left, you can roll down the
log and use its roots as a sort of wall ride. - Nice. - [Eric] But the real test of heart is to ride the whole thing from the top. - To ride this, you basically
just creep the whole way down. - Okay, and then? - And then like right before
you get to the berm at the end, like maybe two or three feet before it, you can just let go of the brakes and just roll through, yeah. - It's like skinny as you go down. - Yep. It is. (chuckles) - Okey-dokey. (uplifting music) (gears turning) - Phew. Nice. - [Gabe] That was fun. - [Eric] But confidence is key here. A fall off this upper
section could ruin your year. - Oop. Um, I'll pass on this one. - Yep. Fair enough. - [Eric] It's definitely one
of the most unique features on the trail and I've
got to hand it to Bobby for coming up with this one. - Whoo-hoo.
- Whoa. - All right that was a little too slow. - All right. - That was sick. - I should of let off the
brakes a little earlier. - [Eric] After Bobby and Chris's section, it's a small uphill pedal to
the next section of the trail where they built a curved roll down. - Whoo! - [Eric] And soon after, we're onto my section. (upbeat music) After a bit of trail, - Hey, all right.
- There ya go. - [Eric] the riders are faced
with the "you can do it" drop. At seven feet down and nine feet out, it has the biggest
vertical drop on the trail. And with that step-down after it, everybody took some time to have a look. - Oh, it's good. - I thought it was bigger
last time we were here. - It looks pretty big, I don't know. Do you want it to be bigger? - I thought it was higher. - [Eric] David, Antoine, Nick, and Jordan, all made short work of it. And like every feature
in the trail so far, Gabe sent it all on his first try. - Oh, he sent it! - [Eric] For those that
don't want to send the drop, The big dumb line exists just for you. And though it doesn't have a
big tantalizing drop in it, I think it may be more fun, but that's for you to decide. As we entered the badlands, the next big feature of the
trail is the stump jump. But it's not just the one jump, there are more below. - Oh yeah, that's good. Oh my God. I saw a video
of you turning it around. All right, it's massive. - Wait so you had to haul
this rock all the way here by yourself? - Yeah it took two days to
move it from there to there. (laughs)
- Holy cow. - It's a big rock.
- Yeah. - [Eric] On Nick's first try, he messed up the corner before the jump. - Oop. (chuckles) - [Yuka] The corner, right? - Yeah. You gotta really, get it properly. - [Eric] On Jordan's first try, he overshot it. - Whoa! (chuckles) Yeah. I kind of overshot it. - [Eric] And Gabe cased the stump. - Oh no. - [Eric] But of everybody, Antoine was the only one to
clear all the jumps first try. - Nice.
- Sweet. - Oh wow. That's super fun. It works so good. - [Eric] Then there was Quinn,
trying to cheat the system. (mischievous music) He figured he could hit the
not too sloppy rock jump, without actually hitting the stump jump and just rolling down from its landing. - Oh-ugh! (laughs) That was a disaster! - Dad you landed here!
- I know. It was nowhere near enough speed. - You cased that and then cased this. - (laughs) Yeah. That was really bad. That was really dumb. - [Eric] There's always the ride around for you though, Quinn. - Oop! (laughs) I was looking at the rock. I'm like, "Look at that rock." - [Eric] I'm sure he'll
do better next time. (upbeat music) Now the next set of
features are the big ones. Bob's Bobsled, to Huck Finn, to the step-up. But Quinn, undaunted by
his previous failures, was still eager. - For the exits, how do you
do this exit thing here? And then the Huck Finn. It's funny, it is like steeper than what it looks like in
all the videos cause- - Yeah. - When you, you know, you were talking about doing
a step-up after the Huck Finn and I'm like, "That looks too flat. "How do you carry speed
through there?" But- - Yeah. - I don't think I've ever
ridden anything like this. - [Eric] But after a few... - Whoa! - Ooh yeah. - [Eric] attempts.. - Yeah. Nice. - [Eric] to get a feeling for it. - Whoo-ugh - Yeah! - [Quinn] Whoo! - (laughs) Nice. (heavy breathing) - [Quinn] All right I don't
know what to do down here. I almost died. - [Eric] David was feeling
a little unsure about the feature as well. But if there's anything to
learn from Quinn and David, - Nice! Sick. - [Eric] is to take it
step-by-step and work your way up. - [Will] Uh oh. - Can't do it. - [Eric] And if you're not feeling it, the future will still be
there for another day. - I'll take a pass. - Sure, no problem. - [Eric] Now, if Yuka could
learn this skill as well. - (gasps) Oh, no! (bike crashes) Aw, are you okay? You're upside down, Yuka. - Nice! (laughs) - [Eric] On her first try, she went high on the Huck Finn. - (gasp) Oh, no! (bike crashes) - [Eric] The higher you go off Huck Finn, the more risk you're taking. In Yuka's case, she over-rotated the bike in the air. When she lands, her bike is leaning to the right. To correct this, she had to turn into the lean. Sending her off the trail and
leaving her in the cabbage. - You're upside down, Yuka. - [Eric] Now remember Gabe's courage and sending all the features earlier? - Nice! - (gasps) Oh!
(bike crashes) - I'm okay.
- Yeah? (sighs) - Oh, there goes my brake. - Oh, crap.
- Oh, wow. (Gabe chuckles) - Oh, you ripped it right out of there. - [Eric] He went as fast as he could to hit the step-up first try, and is paying for it now. Luckily, he's just a little
sore and didn't break anything, except his bike. - Okay. Well I'm glad you're okay. - Yeah. (indistinct) - Yeah. (laughs) (soft guitar music) - [Eric] After taking their
time and hitting it a few times, both Antoine and Nick
managed to clear the step-up. - Whoo! - (chuckles) Sick. - Go, go, go, go, go. - Yes.
- Yeah! - Yeah, that felt just right. (chuckles) You get so much speed for the shark fin, like you smash into the wood. - Yeah. - That's fun. - [Eric] And Jordan
actually got a first try while going pretty slow
while pedaling into it. (laughs) - All right. - [Eric] He is the boost master after all. For the next set of features, we move out of the badlands and into the jungle. It's the step-down to tabletop jump. It works pretty well. - Nice.
- Yeah. - [Eric] The only issue is
that most people are landing on the right of the tabletop. - Woo! - [Eric] It really requires
you to set the landing as you leave the lip. - Woo!
(laughs) That was too slow. - [Eric] So when I heal up, I'll make the landing
wider to help with this. - Phew.
(laughs) - [Eric] From here, we can roll into the final
feature of the trail. "You can't cedar landing" drop. - Hm. Yeah, well. - Don't die, you have a young family. - Okay. Thanks, thanks for that. Don't want to end up in the orphanage. It doesn't seem too bad. - It's not that bad. - Yeah. - Phew. - Nice. - Sweet. - Just a little short. Had a little seat rebound
into the undercarriages. - Oh yeah there ya go.
- Just a tiny bit. - [Eric] At six feet, The drop is a little shorter vertically that the "you can do it" drop. But it's also about three feet longer, making it quite a bit faster. If you're going trail
speed and hit the corners before it correctly, you'll
have about the right speed. - Nice.
- Whoo. - [Eric] And for those
that don't want to send it, the drop is perfectly rollable. Soon after you'll roll out into the road and you'll have completed the trail. (guitar music) Now that the trial is complete and I got to show it to my friends, I have to say, it feels
a little bittersweet. I've put my blood, sweat
and tears into this project and I've loved every second of it. I'd done so many things
that I didn't think I'd be able to do. I'd become a sign maker, a berm sculptor, (guitar music continues) a bench cutter, a ditch digger, a jump builder, an engineer, a tree feller, a sawyer, a stonemason, a carpenter, a trail builder. And all this with the help of my friends. (uplifting guitar music) But with the trail complete, I'll have to leave it behind for now. There's just a bit of bad news I need to share with you guys. With this video, I was hoping to open
the trail to all of you, but unfortunately, as seems
to be typical in BC now, our summers have become hot and dry. With very little precipitation, our forests have become tinderboxes and much of the province is now on fire. Understandably, the powers that be have been
closing down trail networks all over the region. As a result, I cannot in good conscience, open the trail right now. So for now, the trail will remain closed. And when the rains return in the fall and the parks reopened, we'll open up the trail
and you all can come out and enjoy it. And as for that trail POV
you've all been asking for, I strapped the GoPro onto Antoine and sent him down the trail one more time. You can watch his run
on my second channel, BCpov Raw. But as always, thanks for watching and stay gnarly. (uplifting guitar music)
